Poor Man's Cake
From Six little cooks, 1910
Presented as published in 1910. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Six little cooks (1910) by Elizabeth Stansbury Kirkland, page 18. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
POOR MAN'S CAKE. One cup sugar, two do. flour, one do. milk, one heap- ing tablespoonful butter, one small teaspoon soda and two of cream tartar, one egg, one-half teaspoonful mixed cinnamon and cloves. Half a cup of seeded raisins im- proves it
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